March 10. 1921 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



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necessary cutting of logs which would otherwise decay. The export situa- 

 tion is not so good. 



Some furniture plants which had been shbt down have resumed on a 

 part time basis and orders show a fair improvement. The housing situa- 

 tion is a severe detriment to the furniture business because there are so 

 few new homes to be furnished. 



Railroads are still out of the market, but this condition, it is hoped, 

 will be remedied by the recent act passed by congress, the Winslow bill, 

 providing for partial payments under the transportation act. 



Several automobile plants have increased the number of their working 

 forces and nearly all expect to be going full blast soon. No doubt, this 

 will have a beneficial effect on the hardwood business here. 



Also the spring should bring an increase in the number of buildings, 

 although the fight now in progress between contractors and the building 

 trades will doubtless act as a deterrent to the early resumption of building 

 on a large scale. As has been pointed out numerous times by men in 

 hardwood circles, building is a great factor in the present depression and 

 when this condition returns to anything like normal, business is bound 

 to improve. The housing situation here, like nearly everywhere, is far 

 behind its program. The situation is really acute and something to enable 

 an increase in the building of residences must be done. 



On the whole the hardwood outlook here Is brighter than it has been 

 for some time and better times do not seem unreasonable to hope for in 

 a short time. 



Building permits issued for February show 614 permits with a total 

 dollar value of $714,845. Building permits issued in February of last 

 year were 495 with a total value of $1,602,411. The explanation for the 

 lower value is said to be partly a decline in the prices of materials and 

 partly because there are no large buildings going up. The same difference 

 existed in the figures for January. 



BEAUMONT 



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While there has been a slight increase in hardwood buying during the 

 past few days, it has been of sufficient volume to affect either prices or 

 production. 



The recent sensational drop in the price of crude oil has practically 

 stopped new development work in Mexico as well as the United States, 

 cutting off some very desirable customers. Buying is confined almost en- 

 tirely to manufacturing consumers and they do not seem disposed to take 

 on more than actual requirements to keep their plants going. With this 

 limited buying they naturally hunt for soft spots in the market. 



The scarcity of upper grades has been very noticeable during the past 

 two weeks, and this fact may serve to bring up the lower grades which 

 have been lagging for some time. At the present price manufacturers 

 point out that they cannot afford to start up their plants when there is a 

 market for only one class of their output, and this is likely to bring about 

 a substitution of lower grades to a great extent until the demand becomes 

 wide enough in its scope to induce an increase in production. 



While there has been but a slight improvement in the local building 

 situation, sash and door factories continue to make preparations as if 

 they expected a satisfactory spring demand. A new factory of this kind 

 is already practically completed in Beaumont. 



MILWAUKEE 



A more encouraging condition than that existing at any time since tlie 

 beginning of the year, is reported by representative concerns in the Northern 

 Wisconsin hardwood industry. New business is beginning to develop at 

 a much more satisfactory rate and while volume is still lacking, confidence 

 is expressed that the improvement has only started and will be accentuated 

 during the coming three months. 



March 1, was the date of the reopening of a large number of sawmills 

 in the North which have been closed for some time, either to balance 

 inventories or to undertake necessary repairs and replacements. Some 

 mills are being operated in two shifts, but generally speaking the single 

 day shift is the schedule of a majority of mills. 



The effect of the extremely mild winter upon the log supply of Northern 

 mills Is just beginning to be felt. The input has been limited to an 

 unusual extent and mill operators are wondering how they will be able 

 to maintain schedules throughout the Summer. It Is likely that consider- 

 able Summer logging will be done this year to compensate as much as 

 possible for the small cut of the present winter. 



Ordinarily winter logging camps have Iwen open until April 1, but this 

 year many of them were closed as early as March 1. Labor is in adequate 

 supply and necessary reductions in wages which have generally been made 

 were accepted in a good spirit and without any disturbance. 



The slight improvement iu the demand for hardwoods has caused a 

 somewhat firmer tone in prices, but Usts are regarded as being more or 

 less nominal. Considerable stock is being moved at sharp concessions, 

 buyers being firm in their attitude that sellers accept their liids or lose the 

 business. Price is the most important factor in trading and the largest 

 volume seems to be done by those who are willing to make the largest 

 concessions. 



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